Lady&#39;s negligée undergarment.



Witne ses V. WHITTINGTON.

' .LADYS NEGLI'GBE UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCIT.24, 1912.

1 073 724 Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

nventor Attorneys NITE STATES rA-TE T VIRGINIA wm-r'rmeron, or VALD'OSTA, anem a.

am's NEGLIGEE UNDERGARM-ENT.

To all whom it may. concern Be it known that'I, VIRGINIA \Vnrrrmc- TON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing useful 'Ladys at Valdosta, in the county of Low'ndes and State of Georgia have invented a. new and, Neglige Undergarment,

which the following is a specification.

One object of this invention is to provide a womans neglige undergarment, comprising a chemise and drawers, the garment be- 'ing fashioned from a minimum number of sections.

the front section,

With the foregoing and other objects in view'which will appear as .the description* proceeds, the invention res des in the com.-

bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described ,and claimed, it being understood that'chang'es in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of .what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention...

In the drawings z- -Figure 1 shows the invention in front elevation; Fig. 2 1s, a rear elevation; and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan, looking upwardly into the crotch of the drawers. In constructing a neglige garment in accordance with the present invention, a minimum number of pieces of cloth are employed, one piece, hereinafter referred to as being denoted by the reference character 1-, the other piece, hereinafter referred to as the rear section, being 'ment'. The lower ends of the sections 1 and 2 are united in their central portions only,

along a seam 6, to define the crotch of the drawersl- Ru'flies 7 are secured as at 7 to thelower ends of the sections 1 and 2 to define the legs of the drawers. The ends of the' rrufiles are united along a seam 7 in a'jlineme'jnt with the seam 6.

'Specincation of Letters Patent. Application men October a4, 1912. SeriaLHo. 727,574.

The seatv of the drawers ts transversely PatentedQSaipt, 23, 1913. a

continuous, as shown at 8, the rear section 2 being provided with an inverted plait 9, located above the seat of the drawers, the

.plait 9 serving. to give suiiicient fullness to the 'a-rment Q'The up er end of the plait 9 I isstitched'fldoi'vn as'in icated at 10.

; l The upprjp'drtioriof the rear section 2 is 1' split and; st tched together as indicated at 11, so as tosh'ape thechemiseportion of the garment. The front section 1 may be provided, adjacent its top, with an opening 12,

which may be closed by a tie string 14.. This detail, however, is non-essential.

It is to be observed that the garment herein disclosed comprises a chemise and a pair of drawers in a single garment. More over, the garment is of exceedingly simple construction and may be manufactured at a vlmmmum expense, the operation of cutting the cloth being reduced to a minimum.

The garment herein disclosed doesnot fit closely to the body, but is'loose and flowing. It is well adapted, without alteringsof any sort to serve as a maternity garment.

The garment herein disclosed is cool and is sanitary. No buttons or pins are required for securin it in place. hen the garmentis once a justed for wear, it need not be removed until disrobing at night.

It is to be noted that owing to the construc tion and dimensions of the parts of the garment, there is no necessity for forming openings at the rearthereof or at the front,

adjacent the crotch.

The garment is semi-fitting, to be held ,in

position around the shoulders with a drawstring. a

- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is I A chemise, the body portion of which consists of two pieces of material only, comprising a front section and a back section,

the longitudinal edges of the sections bemg secured together to form the side seams of' the chemise, the'intermediate portions only of the 'lower edges of the sectlons being secured together to form leg openings, the

back sectionbeing folded toward the longitudinal center of the chemise to form a pair of plaits, the upper edges only of the plaits being stitched down and the plaits at their Q V e, I "11,078,724

lower ends tapering and r unnlng out into as my own, I, have hereto a'fiixed my signath'e constl-tuent matermt of the back sect10n,- tnre 1n the presence of two wltnesses. the-backs'ect-lon bemg spht and sewed-t0- gether above the p'lnits to take up the'sl'ack IA WHI PIN GTON caused in the upper portion of the ehernise W'itness'es; by the formation of the plaits- (1. W H'I'r-TING'TQX,

In testimony that 1' claim the foregoixig W, F, STALEN. 

